The Transportation Master Plan Advisory
Committee met six times over the course of the year-long planning
effort, to help frame transportation issues, bring balance to policy
discussions and build community consensus for the TMP. The City also
hosted a number of public outreach evening meetings in which residents
were encouraged to provide recommendations regarding specific projects
and areas of emphasis for the plan.

The Burien City Council
approved Resolution No. 332 adopting the Transportation Master Plan on
May 7, 2012. The TMP ensures coordination between transportation
decision-making and the adopted Land Use Element of Burien’s
Comprehensive Plan and addresses community values as articulated through
the City’s Vision Statement. The Transportation Master Plan informs the
development of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and the Six-Year
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) by identifying the types of
projects that are needed to support future travel trends and providing a
framework for evaluating how they fit within community values and
fiscal resources.

2019–2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

The
Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a mid-range
planning document that is annually updated based on needs and policies
identified through a variety of sources. Project and financial
development involve interactions with many groups and agencies at the
local, regional, state, and federal levels. It represents the City of
Burien’s current list of needed projects that may begin work in the next
six years.

The primary importance of the Six Year TIP is to act
as a planning tool for the development of transportation facilities
within the City. It is used to coordinate transportation projects with
our utility districts and other agencies. Staff has evaluated last
year’s TIP with respect to the new Transportation Master Plan to ensure
that the new TIP is coordinated with the TMP’s goals and the multimodal
layered network concept. In most cases, local projects must be included
in the TIP to be eligible for state and federal grant programs.

State
law requires that each city develop a local TIP and that it be updated
annually (RCW 35.77.010). In order for cities to compete for
transportation funding grants from Federal and State sources most
granting agencies require that projects be included in the TIP.

ADA Transition Plan

The City of Burien Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition
Plan provides policies and practices for implementing physical
pedestrian improvements within the public right-of-way of the City of
Burien. The goals of the plan are to optimize the pedestrian experience,
to provide safe and usable pedestrian facilities for all pedestrians,
and to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations
and standards. The ADA Transition Plan describes the curb ramp and other
pedestrian facility needs in the city, and outlines the recommended
procedures for implementing and scheduling remedial work to provide a
compliant system of curb ramps, pedestrian signals and sidewalks. The
plan was originally developed in 2015, and identified initial priority
geographies for barrier inventory and removal.

Fall 2017 update

The City of Burien updates their ADA Transition Plan every three to
five years. On November 2, 2017, the City hosted a public meeting and
sought feedback about what’s most important for the City of Burien to
consider in their update to the ADA Transition Plan.

Street Standards (Road Design and Construction Standards)

The
City of Burien has adopted road design and construction standards in
order to establish specific, consistent, and acceptable road design and
construction elements for developers and other private parties
constructing or modifying road or right-of-way facilities which require
City licenses or permits and to establish uniform criteria to guide the
City's own design and construction of new City roads or reconstruction
of existing roads.